Investigation of alternative methods including jackknifing for estimating point availability of a system

Abstract

Properties of two alternative procedures to the Jackknife Point and Confidence Interval Estimation Procedure of Gaver and Chu have been studied. They are called the Log- Normal Likelihood Procedure (LNLJ) and the Moment Procedure (MP) . These two procedures were investigated and compared with the Jackknife Point and Confidence Interval Availability Estimation Procedure. Numerical results from simulations are presented in this report.